Guano-distributer.



L. J. AKINS.

, GUANO DISTRIBUTBK. APPLICATION FILED MAYS, 1910.-

3977,773. Patented'Dec 6, 1910.

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LEE J. AKINS, OF BECKVILLE, TEXAS.

GUANQ-DISTRIBUTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 6, 1310.

Application filed May 3, 1910. Serial No. 559,138.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, LEE J. AKINs, a citizenof the United States, residing at Beckville, in the county of Panola andState of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGuanoDistributers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fertilizer distributers and has particularreference to an improved distributer constructed especially for use indistributing guano.

An object of this invention is to construct a device of this naturewherein the hopper may be filled without the disadvantage of having thefertilizer falling from the bottom of the hopper during such filling,and wherein the fertilizer is fed from the hopper by a screw or wormconveyor to the feed spout.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved distributer. Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a central transverse section on theline 33 of Fig. 2 through the distributor, and Fig. 1 is a detailsectional perspective view of the bottom of the hopper and the feedtrough positioned therein taken on the line l-4 of Fig. 3.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingby the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 10 designates a longitudinal beamwhich is provided against its opposite sides with filling blocks 11. Thefilling blocks 11 are positioned against the beam midway of its ends.The upper edges of the filling blocks and the beam are flush so as toprovide a flat and broad surface. The blocks 11 carry against theirouter faces the sides 12 and 13 of the hopper of the distributer. Thesides 12 and 13 have downwardly beveled opposite ends and carrytherebeneath the inclined end-walls 14. The lower ends of the walls 14:are spaced apart to receive a transverse feed trough 15 therebetween.The beam 10 and blocks 11 are recessed as at 16 to accommodate the feedtrough 15. The

15 and to hold the same from upward move ment. The feed trough 15 isthus held within the sides 12 and 13 by the beam 10 and blocks 11 whichare interposed between the lower ends of the sides 12 and 13. Theopposite ends of the feed trough 15 are closed and support a wormconveyer 17 for rotating longitudinally therein. One end of the trough15 extends beyond the wall 13 and carries a cylindrical socket 18against its under side to adjustably receive a depending and curvedspout 19. The socket 18 carries a set screw 20 engaging against the sideof the spout 19 to clamp the same in various angles within the socket.The worm conveyor 17 projects through the wall 12 and carries a sprocketwheel 21 upon its outer end by means of which the conveyer is operated.A toothed cylinder 22 is transversely disposed between the sides 12 and13, midway of their ends and adjacent the outer ends thereof, to feedthe fertilizer over the inclined end walls 1 1 to the feed trough 15.The cylinder 22 is mounted upon a suitable shaft 23, which projectsbeyond the side 12 and carries a suitable sprocket wheel 24:.

The forward end of the beam 10 carries a clevis 25, or a like device fordrawing the distributer, and is further provided with a dependingstandard 26 upon the lower end of which a shovel plow 27, or the like,is positioned. The beam 10 extends a slight distance rearwardly of thehopper, and carries a pair of depending companion bars 28 having upperbeveled ends as at 29 to seat snugly against the rear extremities of thefilling locks 11, and are held in such position by means of a transversebolt 30. The bolt 30 passes through the upper ends of the companion bar28 and the rear extremity of the beam 10. The lower ends of thecompanion bars 28 carry a transverse shaft 31, upon which is keyed avtraction wheel 32. One end of the shaft 31 extends beyond the companionbar 28 and carries a sprocket wheel 33 upon its outer end in alinementwith the sprocket wheels 21 and 24. The worm conveyer 17 and thetransverse shaft 23 are provided with spacing collars 3a to hold thesprockets 21' and 24 in spaced relation from the side 12. The shaft 31carries a spacin collar 35 to hold the sprocket 33 outwardFy from thecompanion bar 28 and in registration with the upper sprocket. A

chain 36 is passed over the three sprockets and is employed to rotatethe cylinder 22 and the worm conveyer 17.

During the operation of the device the worm conveyer is revolved andcarries the fertilizer through the feed trough 15 from the bottom of thehopper and deposits the same in the spout 19. The spout 19 is soadjusted within the socket 18 that the lower end of the spout terminatesimmediately behind the shovel 27 The fertilizer is thus deposited in thefurrow behind the shove] 27. It is readily observed that the spout 19can be adjusted within the socket 18 in any desired angle, by means ofthe set screw 20 in order to deposit the fertilizer at the side of thefurrow.

The distributer is provided with a pair of rearwardly extending handles37, which are preferably secured against the sides 12 and 13 and extendupwardly therefrom.

The mixing cylinder 22 is designed to break up the fertilizer, if itisdamp and has a tendency to lump, and to cause the falling of the sameinto the feed trough l5 and the pockets formed between the adjacentedges of the spiral blade of the feed screw 17. This action insures theregular feeding of the fertilizer whether the same is damp or dry,especially since the spiral groove in the feeder 17 at all timesdischarges a predetermined amount of the fertilizer into the spout 19.

The rate of feeding the fertilizer to the spout 19 depends upon theratio between the sprockets 33 and 21, the sprockets being of anydesired size to efiect the turning of the conveyer 17 at the requiredspeed.

Having thus described the invention, what,

is claimed as new is A fertilizer distributer including a beam, fillingblocks carried against the sides of the beam, a hopper mounted over thefilling blocks and the beam, said beam and said filling blocks havingtheir upper edges flush to provide a flat bottom for the hopper, .atransverse trough seated across the beam and the filling blocks andprojecting from one side of the hopper, a spout depending from thetrough, a cylinder in the hopper, a worm conveyer in the trough, androtating means carried by the beam for actuating the conveyer and thecylinder.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEE J. AKINS.

itnesses P. R. NIsBE'rT, J. W. SHARP.

